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Engaging Students Right From the Start

User Generated Education

I, like many of you, have been doing remote teaching since March, 2020. I am a student-centric, hands on/minds on teacher. In normal times when students come to my classroom (I provide pull-out services for gifted elementary level kids), I get them doing hands-on activities within minutes of entering into my classroom. As many of you know, remote teaching is very different than face-to-face learning.

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In Challenging Times, Relationships Keep Students Engaged in College Learning

Edsurge

Many of the students who walk through the doors of community colleges have already been told they are not college material. Or they are experiencing circumstances that can easily discourage or prevent them from succeeding. Nevertheless, these students bring with them their hopes and aspirations—and are depending on college faculty and staff to help them find success.

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A Collection of Interactive Math Games to Use in Your Instruction

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Learning math can be a great source of fun for kids. There is a wide variety of entertaining and interactive online games to use with your kids to introduce them to basic as well as.

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6 resources for student mental health during COVID-19

eSchool News

This story on student mental health resources, originally published on April 9, was eSN’s No. 6 most popular story of 2020. Check back each day for the next story in our countdown. In addition to physical health concerns related to the COVID-19 outbreak, the global pandemic is causing most people–especially children–mental health stress and concerns, too.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Another Good Resource to Help Students Learn Math Skills

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

BBC School Radio Maths is an excellent educational resource we learned from Make Use Of's list of 10 Cool Math Games for Kids. School Radio Maths offers a wide variety of educational games to help.

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Authentic Project Based Learning, Santa Believes in PBL… Do You?

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Did you know that Santa believes in Project Based Learning? It’s true… in fact, I have worked quite hard at finding evidence that supports this conclusion. Upon further reflection, it occurred to me that not only does Santa believe in PBL, he practices many of its positive attributes at his workshop. By now you are thinking… what is this connection?

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She has ‘the heart of a nurse,’ but can she overcome obstacles to her degree?

The Hechinger Report

NEW YORK — As she struggled through yet another difficult class last year, Marleny Hernandez felt her dream of becoming a nurse slipping away — again. This story also appeared in USA Today. She was halfway through a two-year associate degree program at Borough of Manhattan Community College. Hernandez, a 33-year-old mother of four and high school dropout, had already overcome an array of obstacles on her nearly five-year journey.

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BubbleBusters Connects Kids with Illnesses to School

techlearning

Special Effect and its BubbleBusters program provides access for students with immunodeficiencies via classroom robots